All Chapters of The Underdog Turned Kingpin: Chapter 91
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Chapter 91: Premium Grade Payback
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"Everything I ain't?" Olivia's voice could've cut steel. The influencer polish dropped completely, pure South Side coming through. "How dare you belittle the very idea of being at the top? Look me. Maybe I'm done settling for your scraps and empty promises. You wanna talk about what I ain't? Let's talk about what you ain't done for me except treating me like your personal OnlyFans. Always talking bout 'I got plans, Olly' while I'm out here building my own brand from scratch."The tech mogul in Ethan wanted to stay cool, but the hood in him wasn't having it. His eyes flashed dangerous. "You really finna play me like that? After everything?""No cap, Ethan. I'm tired of being your bed project. Either step up or step off."Ethan moved like a shark in designer clothes, getting all up in her space. "That five percent stake in LangCorp Technologies slip your mind? Ungrateful ain't even the word."Olivia matched his energy, her Instagram-perfect posture now pure street fighter. "A dying comp
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Chapter 92: Ghosts in the Rearview
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Chicago's night stretched endless, the kind of darkness that swallowed secrets whole. Mason sank into the Bentley's leather seat, his shoulders heavy with the weight of the day's bullshit. The charity luncheon had been a special kind of torture – all those handshakes meaning nothing, smiles faker than a three-dollar bill.Eve watched him from the corner of her eye, cataloging the micro-expressions that flickered across his face like heat lightning. She'd gotten good at that, too good maybe."Penny for your thoughts, sugar?" Eve said, none of that society dame act now. Pure street in her voice.Mason's laugh held no humor. "Might need more than pennies for what's rolling through my head right now.""Try me." Eve shifted. "Been watching you wear that thousand-yard stare since we left the party.""Just doing the math." Mason's fingers found his tie, loosening the silk noose."What kind of math we talking about?" Eve leaned forward, close enough he could smell her perfume mixing with gunp
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Chapter 93: The Rat's Game
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The penthouse dungeon stank like old death and regret, the kind that seeps into concrete and never leaves. Mason took each step down with deliberate purpose, his footsteps echoing off walls that had heard too many last breaths. His shoulder holster felt heavy tonight, loaded with more than just steel.Eve's heels tapped a death march behind him. She kept her piece close, fingers never far from the grip of her chrome-plated Glock. Tonight had that feel – the kind that ended with fresh stains on the floor.Sergei filled the bottom landing like a wall of Russian granite. His custom suit strained against muscles built in Siberian winters. "He's downstairs, waiting." A meaty hand gestured toward the cell. "Been talking lots. Most of it about you, boss."Mason straightened his cuffs – a habit from another life, when he was just a contractor dreaming of white picket fences. "Has he now?""Much talking." Sergei's accent got thicker when he was enjoying himself. "Some crying too. Very entertai
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Chapter 94: The Devil's Trinity
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While the fancy folks downtown were stuffing their faces at the King's charity thing, Detective Maria had her teeth sunk into something way juicier - Mason Rivers, the man wearing a missing king's face.She sat in her fancy-ass apartment - Ramirez's idea of a birthday gift, like unknowingly putting a cop in a gold box made any kind of sense. The DNA results stared back from her laptop screen while her coffee went stone cold. Maria kept flicking through the facial recognition hits from the charity lunch. Tech didn't lie - 98.7% match between Mason's smug face and his old driver's license from six years back. Mason Rivers: used to swing hammers for a living, got kicked to the curb by Olivia, and now here he was, playing dress-up as Leo King like he was born to it.Sleep crept up on her like a street thief - quick and quiet, longer than usual. Next thing she knew, her laptop was singing with an encrypted message from her FBI handler:"URGENT: Director Pearson requires full briefing. Oper
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Chapter 95: The Lieutenant’s Last Lie
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Maria's heels scattered echoes through Ramirez's study as she strode in. The old man hunched behind his mahogany desk, nursing bourbon that caught the lamp's glow. His face, carved from decades of Chicago winters and bloodier business, held more darkness than usual."Mi amor," Ramirez's voice held gravel and honey. "Tell me you got good news."Maria's red dress whispered silk against skin as she settled into the leather chair. Her mind compartmentalized – FBI agent, criminal lieutenant, family informant. Tonight's performance needed Oscar-worthy precision. She's got this show to hit every mark perfect, like a bullet between the eyes."Define good." She crossed her legs, letting tension build. Years of undercover work had taught her timing was everything. "Got them feeds from that fancy-ass charity lunch you probably should be interested with."Ramirez's fingers went bone-white around his glass. Maria recognized that grip – it usually preceded someone's last swimming lesson in Lake Mic
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Chapter 96: Room 1503 Where Truth Bleeds
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Maria stepped out of the biting autumn air and into the Drake Hotel's lobby, the weight of her three identities settling heavier than her winter coat.Today, she had chosen a sharp black pencil skirt that hugged her curves and a crisp white blouse that offered a stark contrast—a sort of armor for the battlefield of words she was about to enter. Her heels clicked sharply against the marble floor, each step a reminder of her resolve to stand firm, ready to do battle against shadows that threatened to engulf her.The elevator ride to the fifteenth floor stretched eternal. Maria used the time to settle deeper into her skin – not the street soldier Ramirez expected, not Mason's lieutenant, but FBI Agent Maria Vasquez. The badge felt both foreign and familiar after three years undercover.Room 1503 waited at the end of the hall like judgment day. Maria smoothed nonexistent wrinkles from her jacket, a gesture that belonged to the society woman she sometimes played at King's parties. Three ye
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Chapter 97: How the Mighty Sweat in Winter
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Burke's fingers did a nervous little dance on the table - like a junkie needing a fix. "Let's not go nuclear here, Vasquez. This operation's got... what's the word... nuances. The White House don't need to stick their nose in Chicago business.""Don't they though?" Maria felt that old South Side fire lighting up her belly. "Way I see it, this city's burning faster than a Bears season. I reckon even the Man Upstairs would need backup to keep the peace around here."The suits started whispering like altar boys before mass. Burke plastered on his politician smile - the kind they practice in mirrors - but his eyes were scared as a rookie's first shootout. "Now hold up." His chair squealed against the floor as he stood. "This ain't bigger than what we can handle in-house.""But it is, Commissioner." Maria put enough ice in that title to freeze Lake Shore Drive. "This thing's ready to blow sky-high, and you know it."Before the tension could spiral out of control, one of the men at the tabl
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Chapter 98: Room 1503 Where Truth Bleeds 2
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The tall man, whose name escaped her, spoke aloud into the receiver beside him, "Mr. President, we have Detective Maria Vasquez in the room. She has intel on a current investigation that may change the course of operations. I believe she has urgent matters to discuss with you."The phone crackled and hummed, bolt after bolt of anticipation shooting through the air like a bright Chicago summer. Then, a smooth voice emerged, "Detective. Heard good things. What you got for me?"Maria shifted in her seat, years of working both sides of Madison Street evident in her voice - part South Side steel, part Gold Coast polish. "Much obliged for your time, sir. Got something heavy about them crime families that's been running our streets.""Floor's yours," the president urged, his tone making the usually chatty agents zip it faster than a Bears defense.Maria let out a slow breath, tasting the weight of her next words. "Before we dive in, gonna need some insurance - immunity for me and whatever co
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Chapter 99: Just Keeping It a Hundred
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The gavel of her heartbeat thundered in her ears as the room went dead quiet, suits shifting like they'd rather be anywhere else."Director Vasquez?" the man at the table asked gingerly, looking up. "With the right guidance, we could make you the front of the FBI in the field. You have the knowledge. You know the players better than any of us ever could."She opened her mouth to protest but the current of the situation swept her along like a strong tide shifting. "You mean promote me over this?" Maria gestured toward Burke, who appeared on the verge of collapse."Yes, ma’am, which might even help repair the department’s image," he added, throwing Burke a sidelong glance.The silence buzzed, thick as fog. Maria needed to tread carefully here; she couldn’t afford to make fiery choices without thinking them through. "I gotta think about this.""Time’s a luxury we can’t afford, Maria." The President narrowed his focus, weighing her like he was sizing up pieces on a chess board in Grant Pa
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Chapter 100: Queens and Pawns
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The Ivory Room at the Drake lived up to its name, all cream and gold like heaven's waiting room. Helena King sat like she owned not just the chair, but the whole damn city – which, depending on who you asked, wasn't far from truth.Maria watched Chicago's queen mother reading between every calculated tea-stirring movement. Three sugars. No cream. The detective had watched her make the same drink a hundred times over three years of playing spy in her son's empire."Detective Maria, didn't think you'd show." Helena exclaimed in a perfect blend of cordiality and scrutiny. "Guess Detectives got curious these days."Maria's response came measured, her accent sliding between professional polish and native Chicago street: "Not curiosity, Mrs. King. Professional interest."Helena's laugh cut through the room's pristine atmosphere. "Professional. That's a fancy word for what we both know is happening."She leaned forward, every movement calculated. "Our boy Mason? He's not just walking into Le
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